HP-12C / HP-12CP CPU stress test using date operation

[John Garza (3665)]

Check the issues of the old HP Digest. Great crazy stories of calculator abuse!

One machine (a Classic I think) was lost over winter in the arctic.
It was later found in a block of frozen tundra, thawed, dried, and it still worked (of course).

On the topic of 'basic math' for zookeepers... That's a bit presumptuous. Some biology/vet/med calcs would require scientific functions. Usually powers and logs though not trig. A 12C could handle that nicely. Even so, maybe the zookeeper wanted to write some programs with that 'basic math' to use repeatedly. A 12C would be a good choice for that.


-J